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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL

300 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH OF BRUNSWICK

GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 45...



DISCUSSION...BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...IS

EVIDENT AT WW ISSUANCE TIME OVER PORTIONS FL PANHANDLE AND NERN

GULF...AND SHOULD ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL THETAE

AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER NRN/WRN FL.  ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY

DEVELOP OVER NRN FL AND SERN GA...INCLUDING WARM-SECTOR ACTIVITY

THAT WOULD POSE TORNADO RISK WHILE INTERACTING WITH

DIFFUSE/NWD-MOVING WARM FRONT OVER REGION.  VWP DATA AND FCST

SOUNDINGS SHOW FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS WITH 300-500 J/KG 0-1

KM SRH POSSIBLE...BOTH OVER WARM SECTOR AND IN SLICE OF WARM-FRONTAL

ZONE CONTAINING SFC-BASED LIFTED PARCELS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EDWARDS

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569 

WWUS20 KWNS 261152

SEL6

SPC WW 261152

FLZ000-GAZ000-CWZ000-262000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL

300 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH OF BRUNSWICK

GEORGIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 45...



DISCUSSION...BAND OF STG-SVR TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...IS

EVIDENT AT WW ISSUANCE TIME OVER PORTIONS FL PANHANDLE AND NERN

GULF...AND SHOULD ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL THETAE

AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER NRN/WRN FL.  ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY

DEVELOP OVER NRN FL AND SERN GA...INCLUDING WARM-SECTOR ACTIVITY

THAT WOULD POSE TORNADO RISK WHILE INTERACTING WITH

DIFFUSE/NWD-MOVING WARM FRONT OVER REGION.  VWP DATA AND FCST

SOUNDINGS SHOW FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS WITH 300-500 J/KG 0-1

KM SRH POSSIBLE...BOTH OVER WARM SECTOR AND IN SLICE OF WARM-FRONTAL

ZONE CONTAINING SFC-BASED LIFTED PARCELS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EDWARDS

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